After about 9 hours of discussing a plan we retreated to the bedrooms, each of them had a small bathroom attached to it, with a shower, sink, and toilet. I took off my makeup and put on a t-shirt and climbed into bed with Thomas. As I slept my dreams were more like nightmares. Images of Jack and Charlie fighting Harpies like Ella but the harpies looked evil, Grayson was fighting a giant cyclopes. Even Wilson was fighting a hellhound about twice his size, unlike Wilson however this hounds eyes were completely jet black. Ben, Thomas and I ran over to a old run down house in between a bunch of shacks I knew Kayla and Allison were in one of them but I had other matters to deal with first, inside Thantos sat at a broken table. "I've been waiting for you all." He stood and threw black dust at me and Ben. Everything when black and then Thomas' head was in my lap as he sat in a puddle of blood Thantos stood over us. He was laughing, as he said "Daughter of Poseidon, look what you've done, how will you complete the prophecy from Tartarus?"

Ben knelt next to me and held me as I sobbed uncontrollably, "It's my fault" I cried, "he's going to die because of me. I killed the love of my life."

` I woke up with a start, and rolled over to look at the clock. The red numbers stared back at me reading 4:55 am. I slipped out of the room and walked back to the living room. Jack was sitting on the couch drinking tea and watching the gardening channel.

"Hey, whatcha doing up?" she asked.

"Bad dreams." I said. "You?"

"It's a child of Demeter thing. Farmers are up before Apollo and so are we." She said.

"The other day, you said you knew I didn't sleep good, how?" I asked.

"The grass, the plants they had been 'disturbed' so to speak. They felt the presence of the sea and so did I. I assumed it was you and then after you answered the door, I was sure. The ocean is within you, as plants are within me. Demigods leave traces of themselves where they go, in the plants, Demeter's children make good trackers because of that."

"So, what you're saying is I have the best tracker assisting me on my quest?"

"Abby, your mom is part monster, making you part monster, I'm sure you're a better halfblood tracker than I am, can't you pick up my scent?"

I wasn't sure what she meant but I inhaled deeply, the smell of earth and poppies filled my nose.

"You're asking me to smell your perfume?" I asked.

"What did it smell like?" she asked.

"Dirt, a After about 9 hours of discussing a plan we retreated to the bedrooms, each of them had a small bathroom attached to it, with a shower, sink, and toilet. I took off my makeup and put on a t-shirt and climbed into bed with Thomas. As I slept my dreams were more like nightmares. Images of Jack and Charlie fighting Harpies like Ella but the harpies looked evil, Grayson was fighting a giant cyclopes. Even Wilson was fighting a hellhound about twice his size, unlike Wilson however this hounds eyes were completely jet black. Ben, Thomas and I ran over to a old run down house in between a bunch of shacks I knew Kayla and Allison were in one of them but I had other matters to deal with first, inside Thantos sat at a broken table. "I've been waiting for you all." He stood and threw black dust at me and Ben. Everything when black and then Thomas' head was in my lap as he sat in a puddle of blood Thantos stood over us. He was laughing, as he said "Daughter of Poseidon, look what you've done, how will you complete the prophecy from Tartarus?"

Ben knelt next to me and held me as I sobbed uncontrollably, "It's my fault" I cried, "he's going to die because of me. I killed the love of my life."

` I woke up with a start, and rolled over to look at the clock. The red numbers stared back at me reading 4:55 am. I slipped out of the room and walked back to the living room. Jack was sitting on the couch drinking tea and watching the gardening channel.

"Hey, whatcha doing up?" she asked.

"Bad dreams." I said. "You?"

"It's a child of Demeter thing. Farmers are up before Apollo and so are we." She said.

"The other day, you said you knew I didn't sleep good, how?" I asked.

"The grass, the plants they had been 'disturbed' so to speak. They felt the presence of the sea and so did I. I assumed it was you and then after you answered the door, I was sure. The ocean is within you, as plants are within me. Demigods leave traces of themselves where they go, in the plants, Demeter's children make good trackers because of that."

"So, what you're saying is I have the best tracker assisting me on my quest?"

"Abby, your mom is part monster, making you part monster, I'm sure you're a better halfblood tracker than I am, can't you pick up my scent?"

I wasn't sure what she meant but I inhaled deeply, the smell of earth and poppies filled my nose.

"You're asking me to smell your perfume?" I asked.

"What did it smell like?" she asked.

"Dirt, and poppies. Interesting choice."

"Abby, that's not my perfume, poppies are a sacred flower for Demeter, all her children smell like dirt and poppies. Have you ever smelled other half bloods?"

I thought about it, Kayla she always smelled like old leather books and cypress trees, Ben like Oak Trees and electricity, Thomas pomegranates and mint, and Allison always smelled like dew drops in the early morning and laurel trees. Though they would all claim they weren't wearing anything that ever smelled like those things, "Yeah.' I said. 'I just didn't know that I was."

"Thats the monster in you. Well..uh..not 'monster' but siren I guess. It can help you track any demigod. If you're close enough that is."

I was glad to hear that. I now knew that as soon as I got close enough to Kayla and Allison that I would be able to find them. After talking to Jack I made some coffee and watched the gardening channel with her. After a few hours the boys woke up, it was pretty funny to see their grogginess, but Thomas was still a cute as ever to me. I saw the way Jack was looking at Charlie and knew she was thinking the same thing. nd poppies. Interesting choice."

"Abby, that's not my perfume, poppies are a sacred flower for Demeter, all her children smell like dirt and poppies. Have you ever smelled other half bloods?"

I thought about it, Kayla she always smelled like old leather books and cypress trees, Ben like Oak Trees and electricity, Thomas pomegranates and mint, and Allison always smelled like dew drops in the early morning and laurel trees. Though they would all claim they weren't wearing anything that ever smelled like those things, "Yeah.' I said. 'I just didn't know that I was."

"Thats the monster in you. Well..uh..not 'monster' but siren I guess. It can help you track any demigod. If you're close enough that is."

I was glad to hear that. I now knew that as soon as I got close enough to Kayla and Allison that I would be able to find them. After talking to Jack I made some coffee and watched the gardening channel with her. After a few hours the boys woke up, it was pretty funny to see their grogginess, but Thomas was still a cute as ever to me. I saw the way Jack was looking at Charlie and knew she was thinking the same thing.